School: Drumcoghill
- Location:
- Drumcoghill Lower, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Iomaire
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- Collector
- Mrs A. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Mr William Sloane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Drumkeeran More, Co. an Chabháin
- David Phair, brother of Johnny Phair of Killeshandra taught in a little hut - about 9 ft. square - belonged to Reillys of "The Bank" near K.shandra.
Also a man called Johnson who afterwards got into Coroneary [?] S under the National System.Another hedge school was in the townland of Drumbess, on a farm which now belongs to Smith. No trace of any of its teachers can be got. The pupils carried a turf each morning to keep up the fire. These were often stolen by the ways.(continues on next page)